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Scan configuration

Scan configuration

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Scan configuration

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- [Instructor] We've already run a couple of simple vulnerability scans in this course, but now let's explore the process of setting up a vulnerability scan in more detail. I'm back in Nessus and I'm going to set up a new scan from scratch. After I click the New Scan button, I'm presented with a series of templates to choose from. These are pre-configured scan settings that I can choose if I don't want to set everything myself. I'd like to look at all of the options, so I'm going to select advanced scan. This allows me to choose my own scan settings. The initial screen that I see lets me enter some basic information about the scan. I can give it a name. I'm going to go ahead and call this Mike's Scan. I could fill in a description here if I wanted to, but I'm going to leave that blank for now. The most important part of this page of settings is the targets box. That's where I configure the scope of the scan. In this box, I can enter system names, IP addresses, or network ranges that…

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